O indivíduo em Charles Taylor

Abstract

In this dissertation, we will study the notion of individual in Charles Taylor's work: his conception of Self and Good, his analysis of the individualism in the philosophy and its implication in political theory. Taylor is considered a communitarian philosopher. Liberal philosophers claim that Taylor's social ontology is communitarian because of his criticism of atomism. This Taylor’s criticism to atomism consists precisely in conception that this atomism thinking becomes the negation of the individual himself, since society is an integral part of individual formation. Taylor also worries about the nature of the individual and his identity related to the notion of Good. This does not mean that Taylor is a liberal philosopher, but indicates that his social ontology requires a more careful approach, with attention to what Taylor asserts about the individual and the society. In this sense, the purpose of this dissertation is to understand what Taylor's social ontology consists of, from his notion about the individual and his position in the liberal-community debate, based on Taylor’s work and his commentators in the thematic of individual in Taylor.